Politics: The former Stuart Smalley becomes the 60th Democrat in the U.S. Senate, thanks to the community organizers at Acorn and the little-known Secretary of State Project. Is the system being rigged?

Incumbent Republican Norm Coleman conceded defeat in the mother of all recounts in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race after the state's Supreme Court unanimously rejected his lawsuit.

Arguably, his seat may have been lost the day in 2006 when Democrat Mark Ritchie defeated two-term incumbent Republican Mary Kiffmeyer to become Minnesota secretary of state.

It was Ritchie who orchestrated the recount that gave Democratic challenger Franken a lead some six weeks after Coleman appeared to win by 725 votes on Election Day. Ritchie has extensive ties to the Acorn organization now under federal investigation for vote fraud and was endorsed by the community activist group in 2006.

In 2006, the Minnesota Acorn Political Committee endorsed Ritchie and contributed to his campaign. Other contributors to his campaign included George Soros, along with the likes of Deborah Rappaport, a Saul Alinsky disciple who co-founded the Midwest Academy, a radical Acorn clone.

"Mark Ritchie as we all know is a hard-core liberal who was endorsed by Acorn and funded by Acorn," Matthew Vadum, senior editor of CapitolResearch.org, a nonprofit think tank, recently told NewsMax. "It is not surprising that he has a permissive attitude toward the recount process."

In 2006, the Minnesota Acorn Political Committee endorsed Ritchie and contributed to his campaign. Other contributors to his campaign included George Soros, along with the likes of Deborah Rappaport, a Saul Alinsky disciple who co-founded the Midwest Academy, a radical Acorn clone.

"Mark Ritchie as we all know is a hard-core liberal who was endorsed by Acorn and funded by Acorn,"...."It is not surprising that he has a permissive attitude toward the recount process."

"You know, comrades," says Stalin, "that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this  who will count the votes, and how."

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posted on 07/06/2009 11:49:49 AM PDT
by justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)

Exactly so. ACORN is Alinsky, who is Stalinist. They've learned their lessons, and, more important, implemented them. They knew that taking over the SoS offices in the states would be the keys to the kingdom, just as, 30 years ago, they knew that winning political power was a matter of winning the "minds" of the next generation, so they took over the educational systems as well.

Conservatives must always remember that the leftists think long-term. Philips was right when he said something about eternal vigilance being the price for liberty. Conservatives today seem to take their cue from the business model currently in vogue, think short-term, make as much money as you can, and sell out to maximize your profits. What we really need to remember is the old Chinese saying that if you can stay alive long enough, you'll eventually see the body of your enemy floating down the river. The libs have patiently chipped away at all that has been built in this country over the years, and now it's ripe for their picking.

Also contributing to Ritchie was James Rucker, the former director of grass-roots mobilization at MoveOn.org and reportedly a co-founder of the Secretary of State Project that played a critical role in this and other elections and will do so in the future.

Ritchie gave partial credit for his 2006 election to the liberal 527 political organization, the stated goal of which is to replace conservative secretaries of state with liberal Democrats.

"I want to thank the Secretary of State Project and its thousands of grass-roots donors for helping to push my campaign over the top," Ritchie said in a posting on the project's Web site.

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posted on 07/06/2009 12:06:24 PM PDT
by Albion Wilde
(If ten percent is good enough for Jesus, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam. --Ray Stevens)

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